Friederich wilhelm weber



(No M61.)

P. W. WEBER.

RAIL JOINT.

No. 548,238. Patented Oct; 22, 1895-.

NITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDERIOH WILHELM WEBER, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

RAIL-JOINTn EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,238, dated October 22, 1895.

Application filed February 21, 1895. gerial No. 539,215- (N'o model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, FRIEDERIOH WILHELM WEBER, a citizen of Germany, and aresident of Hamburg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a rail-joint of peculiar construction and in. which the fishplates embrace the rail-foot to prevent a vertical as well as a horizontal displacement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rail-joint embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line A B G D, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a bottom view of Fig. 1.

The letters a I) represent a pair of fish-plates adapted to be clasped against the web Z of a rail by bolts m beneath the head f, as usual. At their lower ends the fish-plates are so formed that they embrace the rail-foot g. To this effect each plate is first bent outwardly and then inwardly to form a groove adapted to receive one half of the rail foot. The free ends of the fish-plates are bent downward in a line that coincides with the axis of the rail to form a pair of interlocking flanges. h it. Of these the flange his provided with notches 2', while the flange k is provided with noses adapted to engage said notches.

To form the joint the fish-plates are placed in position against the rail, so that their lower ends interlock and then the plates are locked to the rail by the bolts m.

What I claim is- A rail joint composed of a pair of fish plates, a, I), having inwardly and downwardly bent lower ends to form a pair of vertical flanges h, It, the flange h, being provided with notches, and the flange is being provided with a series of depending curved noses that are adapted to be projected through said notches, substantially as specified.

Signed at Hamburg, Germany, this 1st day of February, A. D. 1895.

FRIEDERICH WILHELM WEBER.

Witnesses:

MAX FoUoUET, MAX KtSHLER. 

